A Guide to the J.A. Bentley Cock Fighting Memoranda Book n.d. Bentley, J.A. Cock Fighting Memoranda Book, n.d. 11092-a

A Guide to the J.A. Bentley Cock Fighting Memoranda Book n.d.

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Accession number

11092-a

Title

J.A. Bentley Cock Fighting Memoranda Book n.d.

Physical Characteristics

There is 1 volume in this collection.

Language

English

Abstract

This is a memoranda book kept by J.A. Bentley, Shannock Mills, Rhode Island, on the care and feeding of Irish Belfast Reds, including diseases and medical treatment, diet, accommodations, heeling for the pit, tricks to disable or maim other bird, breeding histories, and National Game Breeding Association rules, 1881.

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Preferred Citation

J.A. Bentley Cock Fighting Memoranda Book, n.d., Accession #11092-a, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This volume was purchased by the University of Virginia Library from L & T Respess, Charlottesville, Virginia, on April 16, 1996.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the Marion DuPont Scott Collection consists of a memoranda book, written at the request of the Game Fanciers Journal by J.A. Bentley of Shannock Mills, Rhode Island, the originator and breeder of the Tassled Muff Game Fowls, entitled "My Way of Feeding For the Pit". The volume discusses the Irish Belfast Reds raised by Bentley and advertised for sale in the Game Fanciers Journal ; the diet and physical care of fighting cocks; accommodations for the bird; medical treatment; heeling for the pit; a list of sixteen possible tricks to disable or maim another's bird before or during a fight; a list of the fifteen rules adopted by the National Game Breeding Association, Louisville, Kentucky, on December 12, 1881; diseases and their treatment; and the breeding histories of the Irish Muff, the English Tassled Madcap, and his beloved Irish Belfast Reds.